| Rank |
City/Area |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
| 1 |
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$48,680 |
$36,500 | 250 |
| 2 |
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$48,600 |
$36,580 | 480 |
| 3 |
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
|
$48,500 |
$34,490 | 210 |
| 4 |
Fargo, North Dakota
|
$47,750 |
$29,320 | 560 |
| 5 |
Bismarck, North Dakota
|
$47,670 |
$29,910 | 220 |
| 6 |
Framingham, Massachusetts
|
$47,160 |
$31,060 | 160 |
| 7 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
|
$46,860 |
$36,510 | 850 |
| 8 |
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
|
$46,040 |
$33,520 | 60 |
| 9 |
Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
$45,440 |
$27,760 | 150 |
| 10 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii
|
$45,370 |
$31,920 | 60 |
|
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| 11 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
|
$45,270 |
$30,710 | 7,650 |
| 12 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
|
$45,170 |
$30,300 | 1,970 |
| 13 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
|
$44,690 |
$33,540 | 2,140 |
| 14 |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington
|
$44,670 |
$31,780 | 160 |
| 15 |
Boulder, Colorado
|
$44,460 |
$34,800 | 180 |
| 16 |
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
|
$43,130 |
$34,510 | 310 |
| 17 |
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$42,910 |
$26,060 | 390 |
| 18 |
Ithaca, New York
|
$42,880 |
$30,760 | 40 |
| 19 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
|
$42,740 |
$31,200 | 3,020 |
| 20 |
Bellingham, Washington
|
$42,740 |
$30,370 | 200 |
| 21 |
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts
|
$42,710 |
$34,650 | 90 |
| 22 |
Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$42,590 |
$29,290 | 70 |
| 23 |
Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
|
$42,410 |
$29,030 | 200 |
| 24 |
Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
|
$41,880 |
$30,800 | 590 |
| 25 |
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington
|
$41,600 |
$32,450 | 250 |
| 26 |
West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$41,190 |
$25,450 | 290 |
| 27 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
|
$41,020 |
$29,830 | 770 |
| 28 |
Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota
|
$41,020 |
$28,950 | 280 |
| 29 |
Worcester, Massachusetts
|
$40,960 |
$30,680 | 430 |
| 30 |
La Crosse, Wisconsin
|
$40,910 |
$27,710 | 190 |
| 31 |
Kingston, New York
|
$40,860 |
$30,340 | 90 |
| 32 |
Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
|
$40,780 |
$29,120 | 290 |
| 33 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
|
$40,750 |
$30,770 | 2,900 |
| 34 |
St Marys County, Maryland
|
$40,400 |
$21,780 | 80 |
| 35 |
Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota
|
$40,360 |
$28,420 | 160 |
| 36 |
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
|
$40,340 |
$23,660 | 220 |
| 37 |
Napa, California
|
$40,260 |
$30,620 | 80 |
| 38 |
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$40,260 |
$26,060 | 240 |
| 39 |
Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
|
$40,240 |
$27,600 | 120 |
| 40 |
Greeley, Colorado
|
$40,120 |
$28,370 | 290 |
| 41 |
Anchorage, Alaska
|
$40,040 |
$30,090 | 310 |
| 42 |
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
$40,000 |
$27,930 | 1,380 |
| 43 |
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota
|
$39,940 |
$28,340 | 470 |
| 44 |
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts
|
$39,930 |
$29,640 | 110 |
| 45 |
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska
|
$39,720 |
$28,760 | 490 |
| 46 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
|
$39,680 |
$24,800 | 330 |
| 47 |
Coastal Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon
|
$39,620 |
$26,110 | 40 |
| 48 |
Springfield, Massachusetts
|
$39,610 |
$29,640 | 520 |
| 49 |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
$39,550 |
$28,810 | 670 |
| 50 |
Casper, Wyoming
|
$39,510 |
$23,720 | 150 |
| 51 |
Vallejo-Fairfield, California
|
$39,430 |
$32,610 | 340 |
| 52 |
Flagstaff, Arizona
|
$39,380 |
$30,180 | 70 |
| 53 |
Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$39,380 |
$27,600 | 530 |
| 54 |
Grand Junction, Colorado
|
$39,290 |
$28,370 | 190 |
| 55 |
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
|
$39,250 |
$29,760 | 480 |
| 56 |
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington
|
$39,140 |
$30,140 | 120 |
| 57 |
Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota
|
$39,100 |
$27,650 | 190 |
| 58 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
$39,080 |
$29,580 | 550 |
| 59 |
Janesville, Wisconsin
|
$39,060 |
$27,310 | 190 |
| 60 |
Dubuque, Iowa
|
$39,060 |
$27,550 | 130 |
| 61 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin
|
$39,030 |
$28,620 | 1,360 |
| 62 |
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$39,000 |
$22,880 | 310 |
| 63 |
Odessa, Texas
|
$38,970 |
$23,210 | 350 |
| 64 |
Sioux City, South Dakota
|
$38,900 |
$26,740 | 230 |
| 65 |
Billings, Montana
|
$38,880 |
$28,100 | 410 |
| 66 |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York
|
$38,810 |
$30,590 | 620 |
| 67 |
Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont
|
$38,800 |
$29,640 | 240 |
| 68 |
Cheyenne, Wyoming
|
$38,730 |
$23,110 | 110 |
| 69 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
|
$38,660 |
$27,380 | 370 |
| 70 |
Madison, Wisconsin
|
$38,650 |
$28,790 | 650 |
| 71 |
New Bedford, Massachusetts
|
$38,520 |
$29,640 | 80 |
| 72 |
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
|
$38,490 |
$27,820 | 2,610 |
| 73 |
Tucson, Arizona
|
$38,460 |
$28,770 | 370 |
| 74 |
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
|
$38,390 |
$22,860 | 480 |
| 75 |
Ames, Iowa
|
$38,340 |
$22,840 | 80 |
| 76 |
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin
|
$38,280 |
$27,910 | 350 |
| 77 |
Bangor, Maine
|
$38,230 |
$29,020 | 270 |
| 78 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
|
$38,220 |
$31,490 | 1,880 |
| 79 |
Manchester, New Hampshire
|
$38,190 |
$27,230 | 220 |
| 80 |
Lewiston, Washington
|
$38,170 |
$24,220 | 70 |
| 81 |
Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana
|
$38,160 |
$27,840 | 400 |
| 82 |
Rochester, Minnesota
|
$38,110 |
$27,070 | 200 |
| 83 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska
|
$38,110 |
$24,430 | 910 |
| 84 |
Yakima, Washington
|
$38,100 |
$30,140 | 280 |
| 85 |
Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
|
$38,100 |
$24,070 | 610 |
| 86 |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
|
$38,100 |
$31,170 | 140 |
| 87 |
Appleton, Wisconsin
|
$38,010 |
$26,910 | 320 |
| 88 |
Kansas City, Missouri
|
$37,980 |
$24,630 | 2,000 |
| 89 |
Wausau, Wisconsin
|
$37,950 |
$27,650 | 190 |
| 90 |
Bloomington, Illinois
|
$37,950 |
$26,280 | 160 |
| 91 |
Longview, Washington
|
$37,940 |
$31,090 | 110 |
| 92 |
Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
|
$37,920 |
$26,850 | 210 |
| 93 |
Rochester, New York
|
$37,900 |
$28,980 | 790 |
| 94 |
Yuba City, California
|
$37,890 |
$30,750 | 130 |
| 95 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana
|
$37,870 |
$27,610 | 1,750 |
| 96 |
Syracuse, New York
|
$37,860 |
$29,760 | 580 |
| 97 |
Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
|
$37,850 |
$28,730 | 240 |
| 98 |
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine
|
$37,830 |
$30,570 | 520 |
| 99 |
Rapid City, South Dakota
|
$37,830 |
$28,620 | 290 |
| 100 |
Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana
|
$37,780 |
$29,630 | 350 |
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